Hi Fly urges other airlines to follow its plastic-free lead
Portugal’s Hi Fly is confident passengers will pay up to €2 ($2.26) more per long-haul flight to travel on an airline that has elimina... Continue Reading
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Press Release: Airport restaurateur HMSHost to eliminate plastic straws
Your favorite North American airport restaurants and travel venues are eliminating plastic straws thanks to global restaurateur HMSHost. The... Continue Reading
Heathrow third runway vote offers no guarantee of airport expansion
This week’s vote by Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) to back plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow is the latest twist in... Continue Reading
Press Release: Alaska goes strawless in partnership with Lonely Whale
Alaska Airlines and Lonely Whale today announced the airline’s initiative to replace single-use, non-recyclable, plastic stir straws a... Continue Reading
Airlines urged to ditch the greenwash and commit to alternative fuels
Airlines are “still coming to grips with what’s realistic and what isn’t” when it comes to using sustainable alterna... Continue Reading
Virgin drops controversial forest project from carbon offset program
Virgin Atlantic Airways has stopped selling credits related to a controversial forestry project in Cambodia under its passenger carbon offse... Continue Reading
UK firm seeks to reduce ocean plastic waste with new inflight skincare
Few who watched the recent BBC Blue Planet II episode depicting the plight of a mother pilot whale mourning her dead calf, which had likely ... Continue Reading
IAG urges airlines to prepare for CORSIA amid fear of regulatory force
International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Willie Walsh warns that if the airline industry fails to attain its emissions-reduction g... Continue Reading
UK firm makes breakthrough on recycling carbon fibre used in aviation
A UK-based company that has been working with Boeing to find a large-scale recycling solution for carbon fibre from the aerospace industry s... Continue Reading
Press Release: LSG teams with Air New Zealand to tackle inflight waste
LSG Sky Chefs, the catering subsidiary of the LSG Group, has teamed up with Air New Zealand and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industr... Continue Reading
Efforts to rein in aviation emissions continue to spur disagreement
If you thought last year’s agreement at ICAO to adopt the world’s first market-based measure to control international aviation emissions had... Continue Reading
SIA joins airlines seeking to turn biofuel trickle into a flood
Singapore Airlines is hoping its recently-announced operation of 12 long-haul flights partially powered by renewable jet fuel will help the ... Continue Reading
Airlines in for a bumpy ride as global warming intensifies
Much has been written about the impact of aviation on climate change, but climate change also has an impact on aviation. That impact is alre... Continue Reading
Scottish firm to breathe new life into old leather seat covers
Airlines with leather seat covers produced by Glasgow, Scotland-based Muirhead Leather could soon be offered the chance to send them back to... Continue Reading
London Heathrow third runway nowhere near a sure bet
This week’s announcement by the UK Government that it is throwing its weight behind a proposal to build a third runway at London Heathrow ma... Continue Reading
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